Causes of Imperialism
Imperialism in Africa
Imperialism in India
Imperialism in China
Imperialism in Japan
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The feeling of extreme loyalty and pride for one's country.
Nationalism
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Europeans wanted colonies in Africa mainly because it had a lot of _________________________.
Natural Resources
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Explain how Indians were treated by the British.
They were servants, inferior, lower class
100
These wars were started by the Chinese to stop the English importation of a highly addictive drug into China.
Opium Wars
100
Japan spent a lot of its history under a policy of isolation. What does the policy of isolation entail?
Not trading with other countries, not traveling to other countries, keeping to oneself
200
Name three natural resources that European nations wanted from Africa.
Rubber, iron ore, gold, diamonds, copper
200
Africans were often forced to grow plants that could be sold for profit but couldn't be eaten. These plants are called_____________________.
Cash Crops
200
This was England's nickname for their colony of India.
Jewel in the Crown
200
This was a Chinese rebellion in which the Society of Righteous and Harmonious Fists tried to rid China of foreign influences.
Boxer Rebellion
200
This 'friendly' American is credited with forcing Japan to open its ports to trade.
Matthew Perry
300

This is the idea that it is the duty of the white man to civilize the natives. (HINT*It is the name of a poem)

White Man's Burden

300

The Congo was imperialized by which European country?

Belgium

300
Explain why the Sepoy Mutiny occurred.
The British gave them gun cartridges sealed with beef and pork fat. It was against Hinduism and Islam to consume beef and pork.
300
This was a policy that stated China should be open to all nations that wish to trade with them (regardless of what the Chinese people wanted)
Open Door Policy
300
The reign of emperor Mutsuhito is known as the _______ Era.
Meiji
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This is when the ideas of evolution and ‘survival of the fittest’ are applied to people and social change.
Social Darwinism
400
This meeting of 14 countries laid down the rules for dividing Africa.
Berlin Conference
400

Name a form of transportation that the British built in India.

Railroad system, roads.

400
These are areas in which a foreign nation controlled trade and investment.
Spheres of Influence
400
Name two of the three goals the Japanese emperor had during the Meiji Era (think about the M&Ms).
Modernize, Westernize, Industrialize
500

Explain the religious AND political motives of imperialism.

Religious: Convert Africans to Christianity Political: Wanted to establish powerful governments and the more land you had the more powerful you were.

500

Name one country in Africa that was not taken over.

Ethiopia and Liberia

500
This was the result of the Sepoy Mutiny.
India became an English colony.
500
What is extraterritoriality?
Europeans in a foreign nation were not subject to that nation's laws.
500
Japan invaded Korea during the Meiji Era because they needed ________________ for their industrializing, modernizing, and westernizing.
Natural Resources
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